Editorials:

The practical examination in chemical pathology: current role and future prospects

Andrew Day

J Clin Pathol 2008; 61: 545-547.
Published Online First: 14 March 2008. doi:10.1136/jcp.2007.048504

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Reviews:

The satiety hormone peptide YY as a regulator of appetite

R P Vincent and C W le Roux

J Clin Pathol 2008; 61: 548-552. doi:10.1136/jcp.2007.048488

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Basal carcinoma of the breast revisited: an old entity with new interpretations

E Korsching, S S Jeffrey, W Meinerz, T Decker, W Boecker, and H Buerger

J Clin Pathol 2008; 61: 553-560.
Published Online First: 6 March 2008. doi:10.1136/jcp.2008.055475

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Prognostic and predictive factors in colorectal cancer

I Zlobec and A Lugli

J Clin Pathol 2008; 61: 561-569.
Published Online First: 6 March 2008. doi:10.1136/jcp.2007.054858

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Bone marrow micrometastasis in breast cancer: review of detection methods, prognostic impact and biological issues

A Vincent-Salomon, F C Bidard, and J Y Pierga

J Clin Pathol 2008; 61: 570-576.
Published Online First: 23 November 2007. doi:10.1136/jcp.2007.046649

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The cell biology of bone metabolism

H K Datta, W F Ng, J A Walker, S P Tuck, and S S Varanasi

J Clin Pathol 2008; 61: 577-587. doi:10.1136/jcp.2007.048868

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Sitosterolaemia: pathophysiology, clinical presentation and laboratory diagnosis

S Kidambi and S B Patel

J Clin Pathol 2008; 61: 588-594. doi:10.1136/jcp.2007.049775

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Original articles:

The histological diagnosis of leprosy type 1 reactions: identification of key variables and an analysis of the process of histological diagnosis

D N J Lockwood, S B Lucas, K V Desikan, G Ebenezer, S Suneetha, and P Nicholls

J Clin Pathol 2008; 61: 595-600.
Published Online First: 6 March 2008. doi:10.1136/jcp.2007.053389

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E2F-1 overexpression correlates with decreased proliferation and better prognosis in adenocarcinomas of Barrett oesophagus

K Evangelou, A Kotsinas, T Mariolis-Sapsakos, A Giannopoulos, P K Tsantoulis, C Constantinides, T G Troupis, M Salmas, A Kyroudis, C Kittas, and V G Gorgoulis

J Clin Pathol 2008; 61: 601-605.
Published Online First: 1 October 2007. doi:10.1136/jcp.2007.050963

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Expression of connective tissue growth factor (CTGF/CCN2) in head and neck squamous cell carcinoma

T C Mullis, X Tang, and K T Chong

J Clin Pathol 2008; 61: 606-610. doi:10.1136/jcp.2007.052795

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Multinucleate epithelial change in colorectal hyperplastic polyps: a review of 27 cases

D L J Lambie and I S Brown

J Clin Pathol 2008; 61: 611-614.
Published Online First: 23 November 2007. doi:10.1136/jcp.2007.050849

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Reduction of E-cadherin expression is associated with non-lobular breast carcinomas of basal-like and triple negative phenotype

B Mahler-Araujo, K Savage, S Parry, and J S Reis-Filho

J Clin Pathol 2008; 61: 615-620.
Published Online First: 21 December 2007. doi:10.1136/jcp.2007.053991

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Comparison of examination of the entire uterine cervix with routine cervical sampling in hysterectomy specimens from women with endometrial cancer

A G Nayar, P A Cross, J N Bulmer, S Deen, and A El-Sherif

J Clin Pathol 2008; 61: 621-622.
Published Online First: 15 November 2007. doi:10.1136/jcp.2007.053504

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Immunoassay with cytomegalovirus early antigens from gene products p52 and CM₂ (UL44 and UL57) detects active infection in patients with chronic fatigue syndrome

S H Beqaj, A M Lerner, and J T Fitzgerald

J Clin Pathol 2008; 61: 623-626.
Published Online First: 23 November 2007. doi:10.1136/jcp.2007.050633

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Integration of human papillomavirus type-16 and type-18 is a very early event in cervical carcinogenesis

L-W Huang, S-L Chao, and B-H Lee

J Clin Pathol 2008; 61: 627-631.
Published Online First: 12 December 2007. doi:10.1136/jcp.2007.052027

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Reference intervals of common serum analytes of Hong Kong Chinese

A O K Chan, K C Lee, J N S Leung, and C C Shek

J Clin Pathol 2008; 61: 632-636. doi:10.1136/jcp.2007.053637

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Cervical cytology biobanking: quality of DNA from archival cervical Pap-stained smears

G A V Boulet, C A J Horvath, S Berghmans, L M Moeneclaey, I S M Duys, M Arbyn, C E Depuydt, A J Vereecken, S Sahebali, and J J Bogers

J Clin Pathol 2008; 61: 637-641.
Published Online First: 28 January 2008. doi:10.1136/jcp.2007.052688

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Detection of plasmid-mediated AmpC in Escherichia coli, Klebsiella pneumoniae and Proteus mirabilis

T Y Tan, S Y Ng, L Teo, Y Koh, and C H Teok

J Clin Pathol 2008; 61: 642-644.
Published Online First: 5 December 2007. doi:10.1136/jcp.2007.053470

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Relationship of the absolute difference between direct and indirect ion selective electrode measurement of serum sodium and the total protein concentration

B J Jones and P J Twomey

J Clin Pathol 2008; 61: 645-647. doi:10.1136/jcp.2007.050872

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Signet ring cells of stromal derivation in the uterine cervix secondary to cauterisation: report of a previously undescribed phenomenon

M McKenna and W G McCluggage

J Clin Pathol 2008; 61: 648-651. doi:10.1136/jcp.2007.054767

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An immunohistochemical and morphological analysis of post-chemotherapy ovarian carcinoma

K Miller, J H Price, S P Dobbs, R H McClelland, K Kennedy, and W G McCluggage

J Clin Pathol 2008; 61: 652-657.
Published Online First: 15 November 2007. doi:10.1136/jcp.2007.053793

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Hypoxia-inducible factor-1 expression correlates with focal macrophage infiltration, angiogenesis and unfavourable prognosis in urothelial carcinoma

C-Y Chai, W-T Chen, W-C Hung, W-Y Kang, Y-C Huang, Y-C Su, and C-H Yang

J Clin Pathol 2008; 61: 658-664.
Published Online First: 1 October 2007. doi:10.1136/jcp.2007.050666

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Role of age stratification for colposcopy referral following initial diagnosis of mild dyskaryosis

S Crowther, L Turner, D Magee, and D Gibbons

J Clin Pathol 2008; 61: 665-668.
Published Online First: 28 January 2008. doi:10.1136/jcp.2007.052308

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Clinical importance of the presence of giant cells in temporal arteritis

A T Armstrong, W B Tyler, G C Wood, and T M Harrington

J Clin Pathol 2008; 61: 669-671.
Published Online First: 6 March 2008. doi:10.1136/jcp.2007.049049

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Case report:

Mucinous, gland predominant synovial sarcoma of a large peripheral nerve: a rare case closely mimicking metastatic mucinous carcinoma

I Weinreb, B Perez-Ordoñez, A Guha, and T-R Kiehl

J Clin Pathol 2008; 61: 672-676. doi:10.1136/jcp.2007.053124

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Short reports:

FIP1L1–PDGFRA positive chronic eosinophilic leukaemia and associated central nervous system involvement

C Williams, S Kalra, U Nath, N Bown, V Wilson, B S Wilkins, and A J Neylon

J Clin Pathol 2008; 61: 677-680.
Published Online First: 6 February 2008. doi:10.1136/jcp.2007.052100

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Polycythaemia rubra vera and myelofibrosis with spinal cord compression

I C Scott and C H Poynton

J Clin Pathol 2008; 61: 681-683. doi:10.1136/jcp.2007.053751

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Categorisation of pleural fluids in routine clinical practice: analysis of pleural fluid protein and lactate dehydrogenase alone compared with modified Light’s criteria

M J Murphy and F Jenkinson

J Clin Pathol 2008; 61: 684-685. doi:10.1136/jcp.2007.051318

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Neisseria gonorrhoeae multi-antigen sequence typing (NG-MAST) of ciprofloxacin resistant isolates of Pretoria, South Africa

M De Jongh, Y Dangor, C A Ison, and A A Hoosen

J Clin Pathol 2008; 61: 686-687.
Published Online First: 5 December 2007. doi:10.1136/jcp.2007.052191

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PostScript:

Gallbladder adenocarcinoma: first report in a patient with AIDS

N Mourra, M-G Lebrette, C Hoeffel, and F Paye

J Clin Pathol 2008; 61: 688. doi:10.1136/jcp.2007.048041

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Correction

J Clin Pathol 2008; 61: 688. doi:10.1136/jcp.2007.049692.corr1

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